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The official Sailor Moon website has announced that the Sailor Warriors' highly anticipated anime return has been scheduled for July 2014. The new Sailor Moon anime was originally scheduled to air during the Summer 2013 anime season but delayed wi...

It's been well over six years since Atlus released Persona 3 for PlayStation 2, and since then, it has been known for being the title that expanded the popularity of the franchise in both Japan and the west.

This has to be one of the most unfortunate uses of the English language on Japanese television. Ever. Morning show Miburi TV is a children's dance program hosted by choreographer Sasuga Minami, who teaches new moves to children and wears a peculia...

In this Sunday's episode of The Simpsons, notorious geek Jeffrey "Comic Book Guy" Albertson marries autobiographical manga author Kumiko. The episode will boast a cameo by legendary comic writer Stan Lee, and it will feature a hallucination sequen...

S You've seen the evolution chart, right? The one that starts with a monkey and ends up with a human. Imagine something kind of like that, but with cosplay. This is Mel Kishida. He's an illustrator best know his work on anime Hanasaku Iroha and th...

This week's episode of The Simpsons will honor none other than the legendary director Hayao Miyazaki, who recently announced his retirement. The clip released on the Animation Domination Youtube channel shows Homer stumbling drunkenly into an exte...

The live-action film adaptation of the manga Suki-tte Ii na yo (Say "I love you") revealed that Haruna Kawaguchi (Ouran High School Host Club) and Sota Fukushi (Kamen Rider Fourze) will lead the film adaptation.

BABYMETAL, consisting of members, SU-METAL, MOAMETAL & YUIMETAL, the chosen ones selected by the Fox-God, aims to attain World Domination through their music. Their music theme is the fusion of J-POP and HEAVYMETAL.

Japanese food has been gaining in popularity all over the world, and with the induction of traditional Japanese cooking, or washoku, as a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage, locals are expecting interest to rise further.

This is the sort of software that makes the Nintendo 3DS such a versatile platform. Apparently, yes, you too can soon try your hand at being a mangaka now. Comic Studio is an upcoming Nintendo 3DS app that will let you create your own drawings usi...

Nadesico Nozomi Entertainment released the entire series and the movie on DVD back in 2012 as a part of a rescue using the remastered Japanese footage for Martian Successor Nadesico and now they're looking to expand the audience for it.

Falcom's Ys series is the unspoken hero of the action RPG genre. Starring red-haired adventurer Adol, the Ys games are sprawling quests that test your reflexes as they throw you into large worlds with monsters that desire only to smash you to pi...

The February issue of Coro Coro magazine revealed new details about the Pokémon XY: Cocoon of Destruction film. The film will feature Xerneas, Yveltal and Mega Evolutions. The film will revolve around a "magnificent battle" between Yveltal and Xer...

We've all the seen the amazing displays of plastic food outside restaurants in Japan. Sometimes they're so detailed, it's genuinely difficult to tell whether they're real or not. Well, if you've always secretly wanted to steal one of those food mo...

North American anime and manga publisher Viz Media announced on Wednesday that it has acquired the rights to the Moribito - Guardian of the Spirit television anime series. Viz Media will release the series this year on Blu-ray Disc and DVD, and al...

OP Sequence OP: 「閃光のPRISONER」 (Senkou no Prisoner) by 南里 侑香 (Nanri Yuuka) 「真夏の魔法少女」 (Manatsu no Mahou Shoujo) "Midsummer Magical Girl" After watching this first episode, I must say that Mahou Sensou's introduction leaves much to be desired.

'A Town Where You Live' Getting Third Manga-Bundled OVA Special Edition Posted by Chris Beveridge January 9, 2014 at 02:33 PM A Town Where You Live Set for release later in 2014, the 28th volume of A Town Where You Live in Japan will receive an OV...

Inazuma Eleven 3: Team Ogre Attacks&mdash;the final game in the original Inazuma Eleven series&mdash;is coming to Nintendo 3DS in Europe on February 14. Based on the Inazuma Eleven movie, this one follows up Inazuma Eleven 3: Lightning Bolt and Bo...

First Impressions - Hoozuki no Reitetsu The oddest series of the season enters the fray. . . OP: "Jigoku no Sata mo Kimi Shidai (地獄の沙汰も君次第)" by Jigoku no Sata All Stars I had very high hopes for this series going in, for a number of reasons.

Some things never change. And thank goodness for that. OP: "Life" by Fujifabric I'll be honest, that premiere came just in the nick of time. There have been some good moments among the first episodes, but so far no new series has been as good ...

The homepage for this spring's Kenzen Robo Daimidaler (Daimidaler the Sound Robot) anime television series has added a streaming trailer. The adaptation of Asaki Nakama's 2008-2012 parody giant robot manga is being produced by the core staff of th...

Police have arrested a man for "forcing" his stepson to play GTA4, after the stress of playing the horrible game caused him to develop a neurological disorder. According to police reports, the 28-year-old Nara prefecture nurse was living at home w...

Jan. 09. 2014PASSPO☆'s Makoto Okunaka and Sako Makita held their slightly early coming-of-age ceremony today at Nogi Shrine in Tokyo, with Miwako Kakei and Eri Oishi who are belong to the same entertainment office group.

Voice Actor Yukari Tamura a. k. a "Yukarin" will be releasing her 24th single "Himitsu no Tobira kara Ai ni Kite" on February 5. The song is used as the OP theme song of TV anime series "Nourin" in which Yukarin also participates as voice of Ringo...

It's been almost 3 years since Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger aired and just recently, the cast had a reunion with some of the actors posting pictures in their social media accounts. Present in this reunion are Ryota Ozawa (Captain Marvelous/GokaiRed), Y...

Humanity Has Declined Complete Collection Anime DVD Review Posted by Mastilo von Plume January 8, 2014 at 12:00 PM After an unprecedented period of growth and prosperity, humanity is in a severe state of decline—population is at an all-time low, f...

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